Etymology
Origin of eyewink
Example Sentences
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Frosted glass windows prevented so much as an eyewink to the outside world.
From Time Magazine Archive
Minds dormant for decades must now adjust to sentience, and to the world that has grown 30 years older in an eyewink.
From Time Magazine Archive
In an eyewink that poet was up, grabs the ball, and comes tearin' back toward us.
From The Depot Master by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby
At which the unfortunate Rack came within an eyewink of fainting.
From The Heart of the Range by White, William Patterson
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